From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2002-12-10T10:42:35+09:00
Subject: Re: [YANQ] - how to create/modify []=

Hi sir David (aka dblack@candle.superlink.net):

You enlightened awhile ago:

>You may or may not know it in advance:
>
>  arr[0] =3D gets
>
>Also, what you're describing is how assignments work: the return value
>of the assignment is the right hand side of the expression.  True, []=3D
>isn't an assignment, but a method call....  But the cool thing about
>the []=3D syntax is that it looks and acts just like an assignment.
>
>So, for example, you can do:
>
> a =3D b =3D arr[0] =3D x
>
>which would probably blow up if []=3D no longer did what it looks like
>it does (i.e., act like an assignment).

I overlook this. Yes, it does look like an assignment. Thanks, sir David.

>Or, to put it another way: if a method that altered an array element
>were going to return the array itself, then there would be much better
>things to call it than []=3D .

I'll take a look at replace or insert. My bad :-(

>If you change Array#[]=3D globally, then the main repercussions are that
>you can't safely use any libraries (including core ones), and no one
>else can use any libraries or modules you write.  So it's probably not
>a great idea :-)  If you do one of the non-global things, like putting
>the change in a module and extending individual objects, then it's
>safer and somewhat more sociable.

My bad. I cannot see big picture... I'll try creating/extending one... I
hope it is not difficult..

>David

Many thanks, sir David. 
' very informative and enlightening.

Kind regards,
-botp